Accounting for Women's Political Involvement: The Perennial Problem of Recruitment

Women and American Politics: New Questions, New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Githens, Marianne ^a  

^a GOUCHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral politics; Identity politics; Opportunity structures; Organizations; Political recruitment; Reference groups; Role models; Social movements; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921047589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0198293488.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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